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07-07-2010 Betty Meade Chambers sent death info; removed married name “Sessoms” based on the obit.
Rhonda Culp Collins died August 17, 2005.
Obit: Rhonda (Culp) Walters COLLINS (Age 53), of Rowan County, NC
Classification: Obituary
Surnames: Bowers, Collins, Cook, Culp, Dobey, Rogers, Walters
From The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, NC, August 20, 2005--
"Mrs. Collins, age 53, registered nurse at Huntersville Oaks Hospital of 349 Cline Rd., Mt. Ulla, NC died Wednesday [August 17, 2005] at Carolinas Medical Center. She was born in Mecklenburg County, November 28, 1951, daughter of the late Richard B. and Frances Cook Culp.
Survivors include, husband, Floyd Collins; son, Paul Clinton Walters of Cornelius; daughter, Jamie Leigh Walters of Mooresville; grandchildren, Taylor and Tanner Bowers; brothers, Richard Culp of Homosassa, FL and Ron Culp of Weddington, NC; step daughters, Betty Dobey and Jim of Mooresville, Jane Rogers and Bill of Green Mountain, NC.
Memorial service will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Neill Funeral Home Chapel with Chaplain Benny Beard. Burial will be in Forrest Lawn East. The family will receive friends from 10:00 until 11:00 at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Iredell Co., 150 Fairview Dr., Suite 325, Mooresville, NC 28117.
Neill Funeral Home is in charge."
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Carol King (Butler)
I was shocked to learn Rhonda had died because I'd spent so much time looking for her. As usual with women who change their name in marriage it becomes a tracking thing to try and locate someone. She and I had been in Mustang Medics together. She was a well respected nurse and I'm sure saved many lives in her life. She had an infectious laugh and a wry sense of humor. We looked out for each other in school. She knew I lived in Raleigh and made a point of looking me up when she'd be passing through with her then babies. Later she caught up with me in Charlotte on a visit home. She couldn't get over my little sister being such a beautiful woman. We forget we were all children when we first met. She told me to never go to a hospital without someone with me and because of her I was by the side of all the people I loved most. For someone who never went into medicine I know a great deal about vets, clinical drug trials (very good friend was a senior clinical researcher) and partner is a EMT-I. Rhonda was the kind of woman and person you'd want to have as a friend because she was kind, smart and said what she thought and if it wasn't always tactful, it was true and funny. I wish I could have been there for her at the end as she was for so many others. But I've come to know it's not how you die that's as important as how you lived. She lived true to herself and gave herself and her love to hundreds who I have to believe are passing it forward. I am.
Love you, Rhonda,
Carol